Hello there~

[evilisfabulous]

Hi guys! I'm Mirr, and I'm new to Vatheon--I brought in this guy, Ghirahim, er, Demon Lord Ghirahim, from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. He's such a fabulous little psychopath~

He's probably a walking spoiler for Skyward Sword, but I'll try to keep the massive spoilers to a minimum for a while, and label them when they do show up. It's nice to meet you all and I hope to have fun here with everyone!

Comments

[lamorteblanc]

You had me at the psychopath~

Hello, Mirr. My name's Faust and I too play a fabulous little psychopath. Wanna make frands?

[evilisfabulous]

Suuuuuure why not. Ghirahim is always the most fabulous, though.

[replicatedcourage]

OH GEEZE HI! 8D

I'm Reiko and I play Zelos, Anise, and last but not least, Dark Link! He's acquired a name since coming to Vatheon so if you see anyone talking about Sola, that's him~

I'd love to plot with you so feel free to hit me up any time on plurk or on AIM (Reiko Fanel) and I'd be happy to get some stuff going~

[golden_gloves]

/sits on :3

[evilisfabulous]

Get off. >:U

I mean hiiiiii

[golden_gloves]

You will have to carry me around /o/

So glad you're here! I like knowing peoples :D

[blessedbyfarore]

O-oh god. This is going to be fabulous.

Hey, I'm Naomi, and I play nooot quite the right Link, but close enough? :D Like Reiko, if you want to plot, you can hit me up on AIM at ryttu3k, although I'm going to be out for a good chunk of today, so PM might work a bit better ^_^;;

Welcome to Vatheon!

[evilisfabulous]

Hiiiiiiiii

[blessedbyfarore]

This shall be fun yeeees 8D

[zelda_hylia]

Ghirahim, Zelda will end you.

[evilisfabulous]

She is certainly free to try.

[redcladidealist]

Hey. Hey, Mirr!




WELCOME TO THE GAME! 8D

I'm Nivi, and I play Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia. He is friends with Link, so Ghirahim better back off. B|

[evilisfabulous]

NEVER.

Let's try that HTML again

[redcladidealist]

DON'T MAKE ME HURT YOU.

[evilisfabulous]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHAT IS THAT HIDEOUS THING

IT MUST BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY

[redcladidealist]

WHAT'S WRONG? DON'T YOU WANT TO BE FRANDS? HE WANTS TO BE FRANDS WITH YOU! 8D

[evilisfabulous]

All I'm seeing is the terror in that cosplayer's eyes and it makes me uncomfortable. ._.

Unwanted physical contact is never cool.

[redcladidealist]

Nah, they were having a blast. I was the one holding the camera, and we were all three horsing around. :3 (I was Skyward Sword Link, buuut I don't have any pictures with Ghirahim uploaded yet.)

[evilisfabulous]

Okay. ^^; It just looks...kind of awkward from an outsider's perspective.

/con-jaded.

[redcladidealist]

Haha, fair enough. ^^;

[evilisfabulous]

I'm putting a Skyward costume together myself. 8> Did you just order the master sword replica, or...? /sewing mostly everything else

[redcladidealist]

Yeah, I ordered the sword online. Be careful if you decide to go that route. The one I got when I ordered it was defective, hilt mounted crooked on the sword and the wood sheath cracked. I had no time to return it, or I would have. My own fault for throwing this together at the last minute.

Out of curiosity, what are you going to do for the chain mail?

[evilisfabulous]

Okay. What was the name of the company so I can avoid that particular one? (I hope it wasn't a Nintendo Official. ._.)

I found a tutorial on Youtube that shows you how to make chainmail from plastic binding, like what is threaded through spiral notebooks. :D Clipped into links and woven like actual chainmail used to be woven.

[redcladidealist]

It was Rival Swords. Fortunately, con photographs are kind to things like that. I highly doubt anyone noticed.

Oh, I saw that tutorial. I totally would have done that if I had more time, but I only decided about a month in advance that I wanted to cosplay Link. There just wouldn't have been enough time. My sister knows how to knit, though, so she knitted sleeves and a skirt (knit one row, purl the next) and then I plastered it with silver spray paint and pinned it under the tunic.

Result:

[evilisfabulous]

not bad, not bad~

the boots and other leather? And the ears? XD /iffy on prosthetics sometimes

[redcladidealist]

The boots I bought locally some years back for another costume. The belt I found at Target on clearance. The gloves I found on Etsy.com and cut off the fingers when I got them. The baldric sword belt I found over on Amazon. For the extra strap that Link has on that thing, though, I got a belt blank from a crafts store called Hobby Lobby, painted it with acrylic paint to match the sword belt, cut to fit, and used heavy duty snaps to attach it. I made the leather pouches and the bracers by hand. The bracers are actually painted leather with three heavy duty snaps that you can't see in this picture.

Note on painting leather: It's better to add a little bit of synthetic oil to the acrylic paint to give it a little more flexibility.

[redcladidealist]

Oh, yeah, and the ears. I got those on... hang on, let me see if I can track down the web site.

Edit: Oh, that was easier than I thought.

Aradani Studios

I paid a little extra to have them tinted to match my skin color, and I also bought flesh latex to blend the seam between my ear and the prosthetic. The flesh latex also acts as a glue, so no need for spirit gum. Just apply it in layers, allowing to dry in between, to build up enough latex to make a smooth transition. Some make-up (preferably costume type that won't cause the latex to deteriorate) may be needed to adjust the color of the flesh latex.

Also, thank you for the compliment~

[evilisfabulous]

Ben Nye is my friend. Always.

[otaku_hitman]

oh good lord THAT TONGUE OF HIS

I'm sammy. I have a handful of kids.

[evilisfabulous]

BEST TONGUE

oh god Travis Touchdown

[otaku_hitman]

CREEPY ASS TONGUE

someone who recognizes him! FUCKING RIGHT IT IS. :D